Capture the living memory of Pahari elders
Oral History Archives
Elders hold migration trails, clan tales, ritual calendars, and harvest stories that no book records. Field teams travel to mid-hill villages to record testimonies, digitise aging cassette tapes, and build a public archive accessible to researchers, students, and community members worldwide.
Program Overview
Oral History Archives is delivered by the Nepal Pahari Development Association through field work, community gatherings and training. Community members work directly with elders, craftspeople and researchers — hands-on from the very beginning.
The programme runs across Pahari settlements in Lalitpur and the mid-hills, records what the elders carry, and builds the next generation of custodians who will keep the language and traditions speaking.
What the programme involves
Focus Area
Community Development
Approach
Community-led, field-based
Where
Kathmandu Valley & mid-hills